Teachers have a greater impact than new textbooks or computers when it comes to raising math scores, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education.

Paul Korda, was part of a team of two teachers and several students who were awarded a grant of almost $9,000 for their entry into a competition to invent technological solutions to real-world problems.

A public forum on the National Academy of Education's White Papers Project, Education Policy White Papers Project, will be hosted by the National Academies on November 18, 2008, in Washington, DC. from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Michael S. Rosenberg PhD, a professor of special education in JHU’s School of Education (SOE) and a resident of Wiltondale in Baltimore County, has been awarded a Fulbright Research and Teaching Fellowship for the spring 2008 semester.

John Castellani, an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Development and Leadership, has been appointed by State Superintendentof Schools, Nancy Grasmick, to the Maryland Technological Advisory Council (MTAC).

The Johns Hopkins University is combining two of its strengths – brain research and teacher education – to give educators a better understanding of how young minds work and to offer ways to enhance learning.